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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It reads like the minimum went from $18 to $23. So the minimum is up from $18, to $23.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aldi announced that it it looking to hire thousands of new workers, as well as increasing their minimum wage to $18 and $23 an hour.

My read on this, is that they are discussing the minimum for two separate positions. Potentially cashier and team leader. Would make sense as they don't have many employees on shift at a time.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Ah that could be. Either way, $23 isn't the max

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Should have kept reading:

The national average starting wages for Aldi workers will be set at $18 an hour and $23 an hour for warehouse workers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I hope so. It would be a nice change compared to... Well... Everything.

Edit: ahhhh see it now. I read it as "up to" alone, but implied "increased to" instead.

English is hard sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It really is. The fact "up to" can mean either a maximum value, or an increase to a value, is stupid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Sale, up to 90% off!

Where the 90% off is the triple clearance table that's been inventory they genuinely can't get rid of, while everything else is 10-15% off

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Minimum does not mean "up to".